Born in Thailand, Samati is a filmmaker currently living in San Francisco. He has an extensive background in animation and visual effects after working at the leading visual effects company to create believable animation for characters such as Davy Jones in “Pirates of the Caribbean,” King Kong and Bronto in “King Kong”, Mamukil in ‘Lord of the Rings”, Sonny in “I Robot”, Iron Man in “Iron Man” and Rango in “Rango” amongst several others.
Samati is currently directing his first Sci-fi feature film. He enjoys photography, running and bicycling, as well as playing underwater hockey.